New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-04
Squirting THE PRESIDENT.
,,rrrp TALK BY DEMOCRATIC SENATORS.

RITTER IALk DI OGuON'aA~~
-rvu SERVICE REFORM DENoUNcED-No CLEhAs
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.
rr,,,rov Feb 3.-There were thirty Senators
crescent al prayers this morning, he
rho credentials of Senator Whitthorne showing DIS
..oon nv the Legislature of Tennessee Tor the uheA
,araa term ending March 4, next were presented a""
{. toll the oath Of Office under. them senator oa"
vsrs credentials for the full term beginning "Non
ct vere presented and placed on ME- =
seH. Evsrt. introduced bill for the purchase Of
-. Fr;c.son's Destroyer, and ten enlarged steel
ssses Of the type for defending me on ID
ths United States (appropriating liZoQo ala
$1,000 600 for these Rs uTpOs Sfa Tssp0''s'
resolution offered at the last session by ME- ingais
TO discharge the Committee on pensions ~. ,sUn n;.a
rtber consideration Of the bill removing the hm,,a
n ON annlcatons for arrears of pensions, was taken
mn and Mr ingalls, stated that his object was to have
the bin brought SsiGI tst .Hs HS7"n vs. &C.
Mr. ingalls, stated that the bill was one OF great
sonseouence he would not ask the Senate 10 vote u.
a. once He gave notice. however, that cary nees
week he would move that the Senate proceed 70 iS
consideration The bill was placed on the
The resolution heretofore offered Dy M as 70
on tne suy rule OF the Pension Office whereby
snv applicant tor pension Is denied r%rsss was
ssss0n 2, aDd Discussion turned some
THAT on the question OF C,vil Service reform I'm
snat p1"P PRESIDENT Cleveland into public butcher
se"aotating every office ho Ter hostile to him, he
would instruct him that i was dI1y when ne Owen
elected him, and the country which he served, TO
nurse the Departments OF the men hostile to his Ad.
ministration, and unless he did so, he would not
nave Morsan expressed the belief that there was
intelligence represented IN me pemoor,c parry
party. Many Republicans who had witnessed the ra-
pacty and infdety to the Constitution OF their own
|on party Which had some respect for the Constitu
ZION and law He agreed with the Senator from Della
ware that the President misook his opportunities ior
snccess and put much in peril, when be deliberately
left the conduct of public affairs in the hands OF his
enemies. He hoped that the President and heads OF
Oenartments would take warning and not let tnem-
seITes and their administration be brought into dis
grace by the treachery of subordinates.
Mr.. Plumb said the remarks OF the senator pola
Alabama seemed to indicate his part an absence OF
accurate knowledge of what is gong Oh In The onted
States He had eulogized the Democratic party, but
that party was fast disappearing There were sec
tons Of the country where existed not only In
yipor but in great numbers where there was only
trace OF it left In South Carolina State hav ac-
cording to the last many people as Kansas
and having as many Representatives in the other
branch of Congress, only $4,000 votes were cast at
the last Congressional election while nearly 3OooOO
were cast in Kansas One district in Kansas cast
nearly twice as many as the entire State OF south
Carolina Only about $4,000 votes were cast in
GEORGIA the Empire State OF the South, over whose
srbieyement the average Bourbon Democrat fingered
with PRIDE the keystone OF the Confederate arch lie
wonld not say neither the census was to be believed
Kansas in 1850 but Georgia cast less than one-thrd
the number OF votes cast in Kansas at the last general
election. .,. .,,o al, p,,;,.
had no ticket at ALL -.
. Mr.. Beck explained that as TO the state Of Ken
tnekv the malness of the vote, In the Lexington dis
c for instance due TO the TACT that there was no
Republican candidate running against MI Breckln-
ridge. lie agreed with the Senator from Delaware
aud Alabama that il was not wise polcT on the part
q, tbe Administration TO keep It's enemies In Office and
he referred to Mr. Jameson. Chef OF the Railroad Mail
Service as a Republican who had under him fOo
EMPLOYEES with salaries from 3 500 to SSOO
Mr. Plumb expressed willingness to see every he
publican ofice-holder turned out He asked how 1t
was that in Kentucky il the people were really there
thew did not come ID express their opinions at the
polis What groundwork was there Tor the eulogy
Which the Senator from Alabama had passed on the
Democratic party when only two or three per cent OF
its members ever went TO the pols In those places
where Democratic party thriyes most there was no
with only g. OO6 or 1000 votes at his back could
assume to represent any phase of that public opinion
which ought 10 be finally reflected IN laws enacted by
Congress He did not care to 90 back OF the figures
Either the Democratic party had disappeared or
worse thing had come about and the pope OF those
sections had interest in public matteTs.didnt care
who represented them in Cor gress-didnt submit to
the arbrament of intelligent discussion and were per
consequence not fitted 10 exercise the functions OF
The Plumb resolution was discussed until o'clock
when it was laid aside without action.
The Speaker laid before the House to-day message
from the Senate transmitting duplicate engrossed
oopy of the Northern Pacific Land Grant Forfeiture
bifl' The Spe aker submitted order which was
agreed TO directing the clerk OF the Honse TO re-
eSgross the bill 40 as to include the amendments
sgTee by the House, and to inform the Senate OF
that action
Judeiary reported back Senate hill extending the time
for the flins OF French spoliation claims House
Mr.. Rogers. of Arkansas, from the same committee
reported adversely bill to enable the people TO name
their postmasters. Laid on the table
Mr.. Oates of Alabama, called up the OIL antnor-
King the appointment and prescribing the compensa-
ton OF clerks to Senators and Representatives who
are not chairmen of committees. ~
Mr. Caldwell, of Tennessee, opposed the Dill. NO
Democrat authorized 10 vote Tor TINS Increased
compe nsation, for 1t nothing more or less than
that He saw in the proposition disaster 10 members
and the grave O. the Democratic party. If there
was auy veto thunder lett in the President be would
bury this bill under triphammer veto ra'her thah
bury himself and his party by signing IL.
Mr.. White of Pennsylvania, said that he had the
courage of his convictions in advocating the passage
of the bill and he knew that his action would De In
Mr. Warner, of Ohio opposed the measure. The
clerks which II was proposed to give members OF Con
press were aid them In the discharge OF their
legislative due, but the DISCHARGE OF their private
duties. Some way should be devised by which mem,
bers could get rid of those private duties They had
become employment agents. claim agents. pension
agents. patent agents; and the clerks would simply
become claim agent attachments IL this eiil should
I'm. c. and c. Az" Members OF Congress and Claim
Agents"
wears, experience in favor OF the bill. Year after
year be had paid from his poor salary $500 tor such
services rs he was obliged TO employ clerk TO per-
form.
Mr. Holman of Indiana, regarded the measure as
increasing the pay OF members OF Congress, and
as such be opposed II.
Mr. Curtin OF Pennsylvania, bore testimony to the
laborous round of COngressmans life and supported
the pending bill. lie going out OF Congrss but he
glad OF the opportunity. before he went, OF firing
one stern gun in justice to those who would come
after him.
Mr. Eden of Illinois, moved to lay the bill on the
table Agreed to-yeas l4l nays, 1Oo.
The House then went into Committee OF the While
On the Pleuro- Pneumonia bill the consideration OF
the bill was not finished when the House adjourned.
PROVISIONS OF The LEGISLATIVE BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.--The Legislative, Executive